But for Spiderman, Taymor designed elaborate flying equipment that cost too much to install twice.
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She looked for another project of similar ambition and scale, and that led her to Spiderman.
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Project manager Imke Siefkes says Rabobi (which means "Spiderman" in South Africa's Xhosa language) doesn't cause any problems.
Spiderman will go to Rochester to film a chase scene because speed laws upstate aren't as restrictive as New York City's.
And Sir Howard brought new management into the movie division and enjoyed bumper worldwide success with the Spiderman films, among others.
What I was disappointed with was parents reaction when Spiderman was released.
This summer, in particular, movies like "Spiderman" have had huge openings and then plummeted in the U.S. while overseas, the revenue kept pouring in.
As for the story itself, Taymor threw out even the basic storyline from Spiderman comics and movies and thought up her own from scratch.
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The game sets the record for the most money earned in a day by an entertainment product, topping figures set by film Spiderman 3.
The elements of her Spiderman failure were her own ideas for spectacle (good), her own ideas for story (bad), and songs (so-so) from musical-theater novices.
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Though the French philosopher, Voltaire, and Uncle Ben from Spiderman have both spoken these words, this expression is especially true of social media.
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In the past, film studios have pursued Google, Apple and others over apps that use content from films such as Ted, Spiderman and Green Lantern.
What did Taymor get from the Spiderman comics and movies?
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They just know Spiderman, Harry Potter, something like that.
Radon and carbon monoxide detectors can pick up odors that would normally be undetectable to our noses and net guns allow soldiers and SWAT teams to ensnare enemies just like Spiderman.
To date the mobile industry has flirted with films with Motorola shipping its Z8 handset with The Bourne Identity and Nokia offering users of its N95 8GB model, the Spiderman 3 movie.
In movies, Amy Pascal , chairman of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, is trying to repair the studio's sagging reputation, with box-office successes like the Spiderman series and The Da Vinci Code.
He created Spiderman for gosh sake!
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From the 16th-floor, penthouse suite of Manhattan's Royalton Hotel, a Belkin company representative streamed the "Spiderman 2" trailer using a Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) laptop to the bustling, sun-drenched, ground-floor plaza outside the hotel.
To watch movies or TV episodes from Amazon Instant Video on iPhone and iPod touch, customers can simply search for the content they've already rented or purchased from Amazon Instant Video-including the latest hit movies like The Dark Knight Rises, Brave and The Amazing Spiderman and the latest episodes from TV series like The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy and The Vampire Diaries.
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